Illinois Group 6 by https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y en-us 2019-01-14 19:19:54 UTC 2024-06-03 15:34:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png Flag Description alexis_nevarez https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320490929 Mrs. Ella Park discovered that among the state flags hanging in the halls there wasn't anything representing it. Illinois didn't have any flag in 1912. She was the one who wanted to make a flag. Mrs. Lawrence requested five hand made flags. the flag includes the emblem of Illinois. As the Country continue to add more states, they decided to go back to 13 stripes for the original 13 colonies. Also the color of the flag have important meanings.]]> 2019-01-14 19:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320490929 State Identity tricia_tran https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320491254 State Bird: Northern Cardinal 
State Tree: White Oak
State Animal: White Tailed Deer 
State Flower: Violet 


]]> 2019-01-14 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320491254 Representatives and Senators of Illinois alexis_nevarez https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320492238 Richard Durban and Tommy Duckworth are the only two senators. Bobby rush, Robin Kelly, Dan Lipinski, Luis Gutierrez, Mike Quigley, Peter Roskam, Danny K Davis Raga, Krishnam orth, and others their are 18 senators in total.]]> 2019-01-14 19:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320492238 Capital of Illinois alexis_nevarez https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320493020 The capital of Illinois is Springfield. It is located in the South Central part of the state. Its the large as Chicago but its import Railroad City.]]> 2019-01-14 19:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320493020 State Nicknames tricia_tran https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320967895
  • Prairie state- When people settled here it was their first time seeing stretched out land with no trees.  
  • Land of Lincoln- Since Abraham Lincoln was born here and was our first president to live in the Illinois.

    • ]]>     2019-01-15 19:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320967895     Native Americans to Inhabit Illinois alexander_cuevas1 https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320969074
  • Tribes 
  • Mesquite 
  • Ioway 
  • Mascouten 
  • Piankashaw 
  • Kickapoo 
  • Potawamtoni
  • Sauk
  •  Illinois (literally what the tribe was called in Illinois)
  • Shawnee
  • Wea
  • Winnebago
    • Those are the tribes that inhabited Illinois.
    The numbers of Indian tribes fell down to 2000 in 1800 because of the diseases the Europeans brought over and killed the natives in the masses. The population was in the 10,000's in 1600's.



    ]]>     2019-01-15 19:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320969074     Presidents who has once lived in Illinois tricia_tran https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320969985 Abraham Lincoln - He spent most of his time living there before becoming president.

    Barack Obama - He's our first African American president to be elected that has lived in Illinois.
     
    Ronald Reagan- Was the only president to born in Illinois. 


     
    ]]>     2019-01-15 19:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/320969985     Interesting Facts on Illinois alexander_cuevas1 https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/321430590 Lincoln tried running for state senate but didn't make it.
    Illinois has the biggest bituminous coal source in the United States.
    Willis Tower is the biggest tower in the United States, in Illinois.
    Al Capone was in Chicago at one time. 
    Illinois is the Prairie state.
    Land of Lincoln is one of the six great lakes in Illinois.
    Illinois couldn't become a state at one point due to lack of population in that area.
      ]]>     2019-01-16 19:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/321430590     History of Joining the Union alexander_cuevas1 https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/321438956 In 1818 Illinois became the 21st state.
    The first people to explore Illinois were French Europeans.
    It was a favorite place for freed blacks to go to.
    There was a fire in Chicago back in 1871 that spread and burnt 18 thousand buildings.
    The Centennial Building commemorates Illinois becoming 100 years old in statehood.]]>     2019-01-16 20:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tricia_tran/eob861k7wd0y/wish/321438956